Rhythm Guitar

This in-depth lesson with Bruce Buckingham – an instructor at Musicians Institute since 1980 – is a comprehensive source for learning the essentials of rhythm guitar. It covers in detail rhythms, triads, seventh chords, inversions, alternate voicings, pentatonic and double-stop fills, and much more.

Videos

• Introduction (01:54) - In this first video, Bruce Buckingham welcomes us to the course.

• CAGED Patterns (08:33) - Bruce shows us some CAGED patterns.

• Triads & Inversions (05:59) - Bruce discusses playing triads & inversions.

• Rhythmic Exercises (11:30) - In this video, Bruce shares some rhythmic exercises.

• Triplets (04:59) - Bruce shows how how to use triplets in our rhythmic playing.

• Expanding the Triad (05:45) - Bruce discusses "expanding" the triad.

• 7th Chords (06:17) - In this video, Bruce shares his technique for playing 7th chords.

• Scales & Double Stops (05:31) - See how top play both scales and double stops.

• Harmonized Scales (10:03) - Bruce shows how to play harmonized scales.